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description: Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for an adolescent's desire to exclude a younger sibling from his company. Exam question 2 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Big brothers

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Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for an adolescent's desire to exclude a younger sibling from his company.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adolescent · **What happens:** identify, establish, exclude, desire · **To what, where:** principal reason, lesson, younger sibling, company

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/501-big-brothers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for an adolescent's desire to exclude a younger sibling from his company.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	adolescent	adolescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	exclude	exclude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	amod	_	_
21	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  | for a adolescent's desire | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  | the principal reason *not said here* |  | the lesson |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **exclude** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a younger sibling |  | his company |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sibling=Beneficiary from company=Eventuality |
| 4 | **desire** |  | a adolescent |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A need for space amongst his own friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e2:o1:1
# text = A need for space amongst his own friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	amongst	amongst	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An instruction from the parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e2:o2:1
# text = An instruction from the parents
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A settled hatred towards the sibling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e2:o3:1
# text = A settled hatred towards the sibling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	settled	settled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A wish to punish the younger child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:e2:o4:1
# text = A wish to punish the younger child
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | the younger child |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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